Event #30: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Senior's Event | 2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events

07-30-2020 19:24 UTC-8

No Longer in the Tournament...

Chad Holloway

Level 20 : 1,400/2,800, 350 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Marvin "mkarlins" Karlins	Busted
Lauren "sycamore22" Roberts	Busted
Kathy "Luckygal" Liebert	Busted

Steve "DeddMoney" Roselius	Busted
Joseph "thehofffx" Hoffman	Busted
Lee "roofus" Watkinson	Busted
Timothy "Aceviper" Stearns	Busted
Chun "karlwsop" Hung	Busted
Jason "Jasongwinn" Gwinn	Busted
Farzad "Hades_Man" Tafti	Busted
John "PokerBull197" Dombroski	Busted
Mark "pottytrainme" Fraser	Busted
Ray “rayk111" Kondler	Busted

07-30-2020 19:18 UTC-8

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Chad Holloway

Level 20 : 1,400/2,800, 350 ante

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Level: 20

Blinds: 1,400/2,800

Ante: 350

07-30-2020 19:09 UTC-8

Lena "helixpoker" Evans Advocating for Women in Poker

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Chad Holloway

Level 19 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Lena Evans, who is action today under the screen name "HelixPoker," is an advocate for women in poker and a driving force behind numerous initiatives including Helix Poker and Poker League of Nations (PLON). In particular, she’s working hard to bring more women into the game of poker and have them playing not only in Ladies Events but in open tournament fields.

In addition, she is a Philanthropist and a businesswoman. For those that don't know, PLON is the largest forum for woman in poker and is working hard to bring woman in to the game of poker. Evan has said that the goal is ultimately to build the game for everyone. Many famous poker players as well as recreational players have joined the movement including Kristen Bicknell, Jamie Kerstetter, Ana Marquez, Maria Konnikova and more.

For more on Evans, who is seeking her first WSOP gold bracelet, check out this interview she did with Sarah Herring awhile back:

Player	Chips	Progress
Lena "helixpoker" Evans	54,418 19,700	19,700

Tags: Lena Evans

07-30-2020 19:04 UTC-8

"Unafraid" Gets Big Blind Special and Doubles Through Epstein

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Anthony Thompson

Level 19 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Scott "intheblack14" Epstein raised to 6,000 from early position and "Unafraid" defended their big blind to see a flop.

"Unafraid" checked to Epstein who jammed for 115,370 and "Unafraid" called off their 34,256 stack.

"Unafraid":
Scott "intheblack14" Epstein:

Epstein flopped top-pair but "Unafraid" held the nuts but the paired the board giving Epstein some hop drawing to a nine.

Luckily for "Unafraid", the completed the board on the river and secured their double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott "intheblack14" Epstein	81,114

Tags: Scott Epstein

07-30-2020 18:57 UTC-8

A Round of Chip Counts

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Chad Holloway

Level 19 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gene "Kaykook" Quinn	167,780 147,780	147,780
Layne "scoop87" Flack	159,285
Kenna "STAXS" James	149,315 24,277	24,277
Greg "FossilMan" Raymer	124,747 104,747	104,747
Phil "Lumestackin" Hellmuth	120,107
Bernard "Dogger99" Lee	100,000 -18,242	-18,242
David "davedadonk" Gutfreund	97,996 76,584	76,584
Marvin "mkarlins" Karlins	95,476 -39,835	-39,835
Terry "mrterry007" Fleischer	90,489 53,179	53,179
Roland "prngls12" Israelashvili	89,352 62,092	62,092
Yueqi "anoob" Zhu	66,555 7,766	7,766

Philip "eric_shun" Beesley	52,749 32,749	32,749
Farzad "Hades_Man" Tafti	52,544 32,544	32,544
David "zuleh" Bagheri	45,461 21,024	21,024
Lena "helixpoker" Evans	34,718

Level: 19

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

07-30-2020 18:45 UTC-8

Matusow Has Kicker Issues Ending His Tournament

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Anthony Thompson

Level 18 : 1,000/2,000, 250 ante

Mike "mouth123" Matusow raised all in for 26,488 from early position and "TrashChance" isolated after they came over the top for 67,684 from the hijack.

"TrashChance":
Mike "mouth123" Matusow:

Matusow was in desperate need of a ten but didn't find one with the runout ending his tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike "mouth123" Matusow	Busted

Tags: Mike Matusow

07-30-2020 18:37 UTC-8

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Chad Holloway

Level 18 : 1,000/2,000, 250 ante

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Level: 18

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 250